A French navy warship reportedly escorted a boat full of migrants across the English Channel today as more than 100 arrivals were intercepted in 11 small boats in the biggest number to attempt the crossing this month. There is a significant Border Force presence in the Channel, with the Seeker cutter involved in overseeing a … Read more
Millions of people across France‘s largest cities are enjoying their last night of freedom ahead of the strict 9pm curfew which came into force on Friday night. France is fighting against a resurgent epidemic that has now filled a third of the country’s intensive care units with COVID-19 patients and is again putting Europe to … Read more
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is charged with conspiracy over claims he funded election campaign with cash from Libya’s Colonel Gaddafi The 65-year-old is said to have accepted at least £42m from late Libyan dictator It follows earlier charges against Sarkozy including ‘illicit financing’ But he has reacted to the latest legal blow by stating that ‘injustice … Read more
French police searched the homes of the health minister and former PM today as part of a criminal investigation into the country’s handling of Covid-19. Health minister Olivier Veran, ex-PM Edouard Philippe and other top officials had their homes searched in dawn raids just hours after president Emmanuel Macron announced a curfew in major cities … Read more
French museum accuses China of trying to rewrite history after Beijing demands Genghis Khan exhibition not use the words ‘Genghis Khan’, Mongol or Empire Exhibition at the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne in Nantes suspended for 3 years Historians at the Inner Mongolia Muesum in Hohhot, China, had been assisting But when officials in Beijing caught … Read more
Fish wars have broken out in the English Channel as French trawlers confronted their British counterparts – firing flares and throwing frying pans. Two British boats – the Girl Macey, skippered by Scott Glover, and the Golden Promise, by Brian Whittington – were involved in the skirmish. The vessels, both based out of Brixham in … Read more
Dawn French says cancel culture is so bad for edgy comedy she’s glad she’s not starting her career now Dawn French fears cancel culture could be preventing edgy stand-up routines ‘In the world of stand-up, the edges are where it’s most interesting,’ says French French, 63, has also reveals the racism she experienced while with … Read more
French aid worker Sophie Petronin will be welcomed home by President Emmanuel Macron Friday after suspected jihadist hostage-takers freed the 75-year-old from nearly four years of captivity in Mali. Petronin was released along with a top Malian politician and two Italian hostages late Thursday. The last French citizen known to have been held hostage anywhere … Read more
French First Lady Brigitte Macron‘s daughter has hinted that she may have ambitions to become involved in politics, telling a French publication that she often meets with government ministers to offer them advice. Tiphaine Auzière, 36, was just ten years old when her mother, then a drama teacher at the school she attended, met the … Read more
Michel Barnier urges French to back down in Brexit battle over fishing rights… but they REFUSE to budge French officials refused to back down over access to UK fishing waters yesterday European affairs minister said: ‘Our fishermen will not be a bargaining chip’ Brussels negotiator Michel Barnier said it was not ‘feasible’ for European trawlers … Read more